ESTERO, Fla.- It was just before 6:00 pm when calls started rolling in to the FGCU security office. People on and around campus had spotted what they thought was a black bear cub that had been hit by a car.
The bear was still on the side of Ben Hill Griffin Parkway when Fish and Wildlife officers  arrived.
"He wasn't doing anything a normal bear wouldn't do.. He wasn't in somebody's dumpster he wasn't being aggressive he was just sitting in the woods and eventually got nervous around us and fled back across the street," said Stuart Spoede with FWC.
The bear stumbled out of the trees, looking disoriented but obviously not injured. As FWC officers shined their flashlights on the bear, which is estimated to be about a hundred pounds, it got scared and sprinted across the street into trees and bushes that line a golf course.
Officers say their main focus is keeping the bear away from campus.
"If he tries to cross the street again we have a bear aversion gun which shoots a modified bean bag and that's typical to try and train the bear to stay away from people because when they get hit by those bean bags it hurts them but it doesn't injure them," Spoede continued.
This bear had already been tagged in both ears. But officers couldn't get close enough to read the number which would have allowed them to look up the bear's age and health statistics.
FWC says the bear is not considered to be dangerous so a warning has not been sent out to students or residents in the area..
"There's no reason to be scared and fear attack from a black bear we're going to keep him on this side of the road away from campus and if he gets to where he wants to cross the street again we're going to use that aversion gun and hopefully that will stop the problem," Spoede said.
FWC officers say trapping the bear is a last resort because black bears are notorious for returning to the area.